Undergraduate Bulletin

Fall 2024

EXT: Externships

EXT 288: Externship: Applied Learning for Career Readiness

Internships are work-learning arrangements. These supervised, career-related work experiences, combined with reflection that relates the work to academic study, help students 'learn by doing.' A sponsored internship with an off-campus organization or on-campus agency gives students an opportunity to learn how to effectively apply their university studies to work in professional settings and explore untested areas of work experience. Internships must be sponsored by a faculty member. As with established guidelines for EXT 488 internship, a request for approval of the Career Center Internship Manager must be submitted no later than two days prior to the last day of the add period as scheduled in the academic calendar. Course is not repeatable.

Prerequisite: Only matriculated SBU students may enroll in EXT. Minimum overall GPA of 2.5 with at least one prior semester of attendance at Stony Brook; WRT 102; acceptance by a faculty sponsor and permission of the Career Center

SBC:     EXP+

0-3 credits, S/U grading

EXT 488: Externship: Applied Learning for Career Readiness II

Participation in an off-campus or on-campus agency or organization that provides students the opportunity to learn to apply their university studies to areas of work experiences. Internships must be sponsored by a faculty member. Request for approval of the internship manager in the Career Center must be submitted no later than two days prior to the last day of the add period as scheduled in the academic calendar. Students may register for only one 488 course per semester. May be repeated up to a limit of 12 credits.

Prerequisite: Only matriculated SBU students may enroll in EXT. Minimum overall GPA of 2.5 with at least U3 standing; acceptance by a faculty sponsor and permission of the Career Center

SBC:     EXP+

0-6 credits, S/U grading